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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Natural Resources (Classes of Transactions subject to Ratification) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 54 of 2015) laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 18th August, 2016 and pursuant to Article 113 of the Constitution and Standing Order 155 (3) of the Senate, approves the mediated version of the Bill. Ordinarily, this Motion should be moved by the Chairperson of the Mediation Committee, in our case, the Vice-chairperson, since in this particular mediation, the chairmanship was with the National Assembly. Generally speaking, I have seen the Report which is available because it was laid on the table of this House, the last time we were here. Allow me to say three things in support of this Report. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I thank the Members of this House and of the National Assembly for expediting this process. The Mediation Committees has been working very hard, not just on this Bill but on all the the other Bills with constitutional deadlines and it is only two reports which are outstanding. They have been called this morning and we are hoping to process today because 27th of August is on Friday this week. It is incumbent that we are able to adopt or pass this Motion today as well as the other Motions that relate to Bills with constitutional deadlines. Secondly, given the sensitivity of these transactions and their ratification by Parliament, this Bill in its mediated version will go a long way in strengthening the governance of our country in the area of natural resources. We are coming from an era where Government officials and functionaries wielded huge powers over natural resources which should not be the case. This Bill, therefore, vests the power of supervising access to natural resources and their exploitation on the people’s representatives, which is Parliament. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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